Featured Blog Posts – August 2015 Archive (70)

Everyone must admit that they get a little irritated when they order something at a fast food drive-thru, and the customer is always right. But does that mean drag the McDonalds worker who took your order out the window by the hair? MStars News has learned that a viral video was released, showing an altercation at a fast food restaurant where two girls went head to head. As a result, the woman working at the drive-thru window was pulled into the…

Venezuela gears up military machine amid economic crunch

You’d never know that Venezuela has a Socialist government. The economic woes of the South American country have worsened due to lower oil prices and triple-digit inflation. But, rather than address the real reasons for…

The Weeknd came, saw and conquered at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 30. His performance of "Can't Feel My Face" even made Kanye Westget out of his seat to dance.

Rock…

Kanye West was given the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV VMAs on Sunday, August 30.

The G.O.O.D. Music boss accepted the trophy from Taylor Swift, then went on an emotional rant that touched on everything from his daughter, interrupting Swift at the 2009 VMAs, smoking weed before his speech, artist…

KYLE JEAN- BAPTISTE VIA YOUTUBE

The first black actor to play the Broadway lead in “Les Misérables” died in a freak four-story fall from a Brooklyn fire escape early Saturday, police said.

Precocious performer Kyle Jean-Baptiste, 21, died at Woodhull Hospital after the 4:15 a.m. plunge, police said.

The actor, who was the youngest to…

Kevin Gates Expected To Be Charged For Kicking Female Fan {VIDEO} Should he be charged?

During a concert in Lakeland, Florida on Friday, August 28, Kevin Gates kicked 18-year old Miranda Dixon so hard in the midsection she had to go to the emergency room.

The incident happened after Miranda reached out and touched the 29-year old rapper's leg. Now she's…

In new docu series, Jay Z remembers Kalief Browder as ‘prophet’ {VIDEO} {F}

JAY-Z is reportedly looking to add another significant piece to his business portfolio.

TMZ reports that the 47-year old Roc Nation CEO, along with a famous producer and billionaire are in talks to buy Harvey Weinstein's 23% stake in The Weinstein…

By Dana C. Ayres

Often, when rappers speak out on issues, people have a tendency to expect the worst from what they have to say.  Sometimes, the words may not come out the way we think they should and that’s based on preconceived notions of what many mainstream Americans may believe about the music and the…

*Today is August 29, 2015.

OK and … you say, assuming you didn’t read the headline, “what’s so special about today?”

Well, we’re glad you asked because the answer is today would have been Michael Jackson‘s 57th birthday.…

Chicago Cop Shot & Killed. Manhunt Underway For 3 Suspects {VIDEO}

• Don Allen, 27, was found dead in Clyde, Texas, on Monday night
• Authorities launched homicide case over suspicious death
• Grim discovery made not long before Charles Gliniewicz shot…

Rose, who can neither read nor write, was supposed to be set up for life after she won a lead lawsuit against her former landlord and was awarded a large settlement. She’s seen here in Baltimore. (Amanda Voisard/For the Washington Post)

The letter arrived in April, a mishmash of strange…

AFRICANGLOBE – Members of the East African Legislative Assembly, who are currently sitting in Kampala, want EAC partner states to abolish international child adoption to stop the likelihood of children falling into the hands of traffickers.

EALA on August 19 passed a general purpose report on the rights of the child, which wants EAC partner states — Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Burundi — to change their laws…

Allure lost itself a few fans this month when it featured an Afro in its August 2015 issue — on a white model.

The beauty magazine included what it's calling a "Loose Afro" among its '70s-inspired hair how-to's. But as several Twitter users pointed out, the classic Afro style wasn't worn by a black model. Nor, as BuzzFeed reported, was the black history of the Afro mentioned whatsoever.…

Grammy-nominated reggae singer Judy Mowatt is reported in a recent interview with Britain's The Voice newspaper posted online on Tuesday, that she believes that if reggae legend Bob Marley was alive today, he would have converted to Christianity, just like she has been.

Now a devoted Christian, Mowatt was part of the reggae group, The I-Three, which rose to fame as a member of Marley's backing group. She was a…

NBA superstar Derrick Rose, 26, is facing allegations that he participated in the gang rape of an ex-girlfriend after she was drugged, according to a new lawsuit.…

Disgruntled TV reporter murders colleagues live on air then posts killer's-eye-view video on TWITTER

• Vester Lee Flanagan II, 41, killed reporter Alison Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27 on live TV yesterday 
• Pair were filming a light-hearted segment for WDBJ at 6.45am in Moneta, Virginia, when shooting…

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A 'dead' teenager woke up in her coffin and screamed for help one day after she was buried – but died again before desperate relatives could save…

A group of black women were escorted off of a train taking them on a wine tour after a white woman complained they were laughing loudly. After the women, who are all members of a book club, exited the train they were met by a group of police officers.

No charges were filed.

According to a Facebook posting by Lisa Renee Johnson, one of the women in the group, the trouble…

THE CHECK-IN AREA AT THE V.C. BIRD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S NEW TERMINAL.

Antigua and Barbuda has opened one of the most modern international airports in the Caribbean. 

The new terminal at the V.C. Bird International Airport is more than double the capacity of the previous terminal, making way for increased passenger traffic. It features four jet bridges and a state-of-the-art baggage sorting and scanning…